Another veteran goalkeeper will enter the already crowded free agency. New York Devils announced on Thursday that they have placed veteran Cory Schneider on waivers with the intention to buy out his contract.

Schneider signed a seven-year, $42 million extension with the Devils in 2014 and still had two more years left on his deal after the 2019/20 NHL season. Instead of $6 million in each of the next two years, the 34-year-old will now receive $8 million compensation, which will be spread out evenly through 2024.

This was an expected move from the Devils, considering that Mackenzie Blackwood established himself as the team’s No.1 choice on goal. Blackwood had a 22-14-8 record in 2019/20, posting a 2.77 goals-against average and .915 save percentage. He also added three shutouts.

Cory Schneider, on the other hand, struggled in the past two seasons, coming off hip surgery in 2018. Since then, Schneider played only 39 games while putting some disappointing performances. In this past season, he had a 3-6-2 record with a career-worst 3.53 goals-against average and .887 save percentage.

Schneider, Vancouver Canucks, has 409 career games in NHL and one All-Star appearance by his name.

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New Jersey Devils made another important step in their rebuild on Thursday. The team announced that they have hired Lindy Ruff as their head coach while installing Tom Fitzgerald as the permanent general manager.

Ruff comes to New Jersey following a stint as an assistant with the New York Rangers. He previously served as head coach of Dallas Stars and Buffalo Sabres and has a 736-554-125 career record.

Devils needed a coach after they fired John Hynes in early December. Assistant Alain Nasreddine led the team on an interim basis since then, finishing the regular season with 19-16-8 record.

Fitzgerald previously served as Director of Player Development with Pittsburgh Penguins before taking over the assistant general manager role with Devils in 2015. He stepped in as interim GM back in January after Ray Shero got fired.

“It was evident that Tom was the right person for this job,” said Devils’ co-owner David Blitzer in a statement. “We’re very excited to remove that interim tag.”

New Jersey Devils now hope that Ruff and Fitzgerald will help turn around a team that has one of NHL’s youngest rosters. Since playing in Stanley Cup finals in 2012, Devils haven’t been competitive in NHL and only managed to make playoffs once in seven seasons. They finished the 2019/20 14th in the Eastern Conference with 28-29-12 overall record.

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Another veteran goalkeeper will enter the already crowded free agency. New York Devils announced on Thursday that they have placed veteran Cory Schneider on waivers with the intention to buy out his contract.

Schneider signed a seven-year, $42 million extension with the Devils in 2014 and still had two more years left on his deal after the 2019/20 NHL season. Instead of $6 million in each of the next two years, the 34-year-old will now receive $8 million compensation, which will be spread out evenly through 2024.

This was an expected move from the Devils, considering that Mackenzie Blackwood established himself as the team’s No.1 choice on goal. Blackwood had a 22-14-8 record in 2019/20, posting a 2.77 goals-against average and .915 save percentage. He also added three shutouts.

Cory Schneider, on the other hand, struggled in the past two seasons, coming off hip surgery in 2018. Since then, Schneider played only 39 games while putting some disappointing performances. In this past season, he had a 3-6-2 record with a career-worst 3.53 goals-against average and .887 save percentage.

Schneider, Vancouver Canucks, has 409 career games in NHL and one All-Star appearance by his name.

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New Jersey Devils made another important step in their rebuild on Thursday. The team announced that they have hired Lindy Ruff as their head coach while installing Tom Fitzgerald as the permanent general manager.

Ruff comes to New Jersey following a stint as an assistant with the New York Rangers. He previously served as head coach of Dallas Stars and Buffalo Sabres and has a 736-554-125 career record.

Devils needed a coach after they fired John Hynes in early December. Assistant Alain Nasreddine led the team on an interim basis since then, finishing the regular season with 19-16-8 record.

Fitzgerald previously served as Director of Player Development with Pittsburgh Penguins before taking over the assistant general manager role with Devils in 2015. He stepped in as interim GM back in January after Ray Shero got fired.

“It was evident that Tom was the right person for this job,” said Devils’ co-owner David Blitzer in a statement. “We’re very excited to remove that interim tag.”

New Jersey Devils now hope that Ruff and Fitzgerald will help turn around a team that has one of NHL’s youngest rosters. Since playing in Stanley Cup finals in 2012, Devils haven’t been competitive in NHL and only managed to make playoffs once in seven seasons. They finished the 2019/20 14th in the Eastern Conference with 28-29-12 overall record.

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